Manifold-writing pad.



No. 648,095. Patel lied Apr. 24, I900.

. A. w. BEERS. MANIFOLD WRITING PAD.

(Application filed a521, 1899.

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No. 648,095. Patented Apr. 24, I900.

A. w. BEERS.

MANIFOLD WRITING PAD.

(Application filed June 21. 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER WALKER BEERS, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANIFOLD-WRITING PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,095, dated April 24, 1900.

Application filed June 21, 1899- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER WALKER BEERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMauifold-Writing Pads, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to writing-pads for producing manifold copies;and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class bymeans of which any desired number of duplicate copies may be produced atthe same time that the original copy is written; and the invention isfully disclosed in the following specification, of which theaccompanying drawings form a part, in whicl1- Figure 1 is a plan view ofmy improved writing-pad; Fig. 2, a side view; Fig. 3, a longitudinalsection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a cross-section on the line 44 of Fig. 1 Fig. 5, a plan view of a sheet of carbon and frame which Iemploy; Fig. 6, a cross-section v of one side thereof on the line 6 6;Fig. '7, a

View similar to Fig. 5, showing a modified carbon-sheetarranged in theform of an endless belt; and Fig. 8, an edge view thereof.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmyimprovement are designated by numerals of reference, and in thepractice of my invention I provide a plate or board 10, provided at oneend and at the opposite sides with uprights 11, in which a roller 12 ismounted. The roller 12 is provided with plural strips or sheets ofwritingpaper, which arewound thereon, said strips or sheets beingdesignated by the referencenumeral 13, and. in front of and adjacent theroller 12-is a transverse strip or keeper 14, beneath which the stripsof writing-paper are passed, and at a predetermined distance from thetransverse strip or keeper 14 is a transverse pivoted combination cutterand keeper 15, which is connected with the plate or board 10 at each endby staples or pins 16, on which it is adapted to be turned, and thesheets of writing-paper are also passed under the combination keeper andcutter-blade 15.

Arranged at the opposite sides of the plate or board 10 and securedthereto midway be- Serial No. 721,278. (No model.)

tween the keeper 14 and the combination keeper and cutter-blade 15 arespring-clamps 17 of any suitable form, and in practice I pro vide aplurality of carbon-sheets 18, which are secured in frames 20, composedof stiff paper or any suitable material, and the number of thecarbon-sheets 18 depend upon the number of strips or sheets of paper 13wound on the roller 12. As shown in the drawings, the strips or sheetsof paper 13 on the roller 12 are four in number, and the carbon-sheetsare therefore three in number, and in practice the ends of the carbonsheets or the frames in which they are held are placed transversely ofthe plate or board 10 centrally thereof, and "the ends of said frame 20,in which the carbon-sheets are held, are secured in place by thespring-clamps 17. In placing the carbon-sheets in position one of thesame is placed across the plate or board 10 over and transversely of thebottom sheet of writing-paper, and another of the strips or sheets 13 ofwriting-paper is placed thereover. Another carbon-sheet is then placedin position and another sheet or strip of writing-paper placed thereon,and so on, the top sheet consisting of writing-paper. I also preferablyform in the ends of the frames 20 of the carbon -sheets 18 holes 24, andthrough these holes whensaid sheets are placed together I. pass pins 25,as shown in Fig. 4, the object of this arrangement being i0 hold saidsheets in fixed relative position at all times. When the carbon-sheetsare thus placed in position, the ends of the strips or sheets ofwritingpaper project, as shown at 21 in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and bywriting with a pencil on the top sheet of writing-paper a duplicate copyof the matter written will be produced on each of the successive sheetsof writing-paper, and when the writing is finished by grasping theprojecting ends of the writing-sheets at 21 they may be pulled from theroller and from between the carbon-sheets, and by turning backwardly thecombination cutter and keeper 15 it will be caused to press upon thewriting-sheets and the latter may be torn off, as will be readilyunderstood. The pulling of the writing-sheets from the roller beneaththe keeper 14 and cutter 15 does not interfere with the carbon-sheets,and the latter may be used until the roll of writing-paper is entirelyexhausted, after which the roll of writing-paper may be renewed and thehereinbefore-described operation repeated until the carbon-sheets areentirely worn out.

Any desired number of sheets of writingpaper maybe placed on the roller12 and a corresponding number of carbon-sheets employed, and in Figs. 7and 8 I have shown a modification of the carbon-sheets in which acarbon-sheet 22 is provided in the form of an endless belt, and sidestrips 23 are connected therewith, so as to give form and strengththereto, and any desired number of these endless sheets may be employedand used exactly in the manner of the sheets shown in Fig. 5 andhereinbefore described.

When the form of carbon-sheets in Fig. 2 is employed, they may be turnedaround whenever necessary, and thus present new writing-surfaces, andthis maybe continued or repeated until said sheets are entirely wornout.

By means of my improved duplicating-pad any desired number of copiesmaybe made, the number of copies depending, as hereinbefore stated, onthe number of sheets of writing-paper on the roller 12 and on the numberof carbon-sheets employed, and various changes in and modifications ofthe con struction described may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. Aportable duplicating writing-pad,comprising aplate or board, a roller mounted transversely of one end thereof andadapted to receive a plurality of sheets of paper, and a plurality ofsheetsof carbon which are held transversely of said plate or board infront of said roller, and between which the sheets of paper are adaptedto be pulled, said sheets of carbon being placed in flexible framesprovid ed with holes at their ends, and pins which are passed throughsaid holes, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described, comprising an oblong plate or board,a roller mounted transversely of one end thereof and adapted to receivea plurality of sheets of writingpaper, a transverse keeper mounted onsaid plate or board adjacent to said roller and transversely of saidplate or board, another transverse keeper and cutter pivotally supportedtransversely of the plate or board adjacent to the end thereof oppositethe roller, and spring-clamps secured to the plate or board midwaythereof between said keeper and said keeper and cutter, and a pluralityof carbon-sheets which are adapted to be placed transversely of theplate or board and to be held in position by said clamps, saidcarhon-sheets being mounted in flexible frames having end perforationsand pins which are passed through said perforations, substantially asshown and described.

3. Ina device of the class described, abase, a carbon-sheet which isarranged upon said base and provided with a perforated flexible frame,and pins which are passed through said perforations into saidbase,substantially as shown and described.

4. In a device of the class described, a base, a carbon-sheet which isarranged upon said base and provided with a perforated flexibleframe,spring-clamps connected with said base and arranged to clamp saidcarbon-sheet, and pins which are passed through said perforations intosaid base, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of June,1899.

ALEXANDER WALKER BEERS. WVitnesses:

F. A. STEWART, V. M. VOSLER.

